This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ReC.2ACI/535.599.1902.2265.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you Howard for your information. I live in the Unted States and ws part of the 1881 Census project but I cannot get access to the census here. Only those Scots who live in England are available to me. However, I have found LDS 1881 census discs available on e-bay, and I have tried to purchase them through e-bay. My posting on this thread was unintentional, but I felt "impressed" to post there. I have looked for data on this family for years, and when I posted in your thread, I found answers in a day. I think the impression is right. I see the entire planet as brothers and sisiters, inasmuch as we are :"a' Jock Tamson's bairns," as even expatriates say. For that reason, I just knew that I would find Geddes contact by specifically speaking with Geddes relatives south and east of Edinburgh. I found Marion Geddes, b. 4 Aug 1858, Bolton, East Lothian Margaret Geddes, b. 5 Jan 1861, Bolton or Borthwick, E.Loth. Rosina Geddes, b. 25 Janue 1863, Gladsmuir, East Lothian Euphemia Geddes, b. 3 Mar 1865, Pencaitland, East Lothian Alexander Geddes married Rosina McMennamy, McManmona, McMcManomay 12 March 1858. In Bolton, East Lothian. Her name variations make it hard to find a lot about her, I suppose. Forgive me for "invading" your thread. That was never the plan. When I went back to the main page, I saw nothing that suggested I could find success there. I have viewed these pages before, but it was only last week when I really committed to work here, and thus, I am making mistakes which caused me to receive a 'warning' from the adminitrators of the site today, along with the notification of your response. Margaret Geddes Married John Gallagher, the son of John Gallagher and Ann Bennett. My mother remembers her father as being of Irish descent, and her grandfather as having a thick Irish brogue. He, John Gallagher apparently died in the Grangemouth area. However, I cannot find anything on the IGI in SCotland, and I have hitherto not had the nous to take it to Ireland, duuuh. Rambling is what I am now doing, but I follow prompts, which sometimes bring amazing results. I called my mother in Scotland an hour and a half ago, and we were talking about this line. I will contact her agin with this news. Once again, forgive me for the improper use of your thread, that was not intended, but had I not done so, there would have been no success. God bless you in your search and discussions.